Story+2009-08-19+Hartford,+CT

“Little summer music for you…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Sherry Darling”**

“Good evening, Hartford! (crowd cheers)…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, end of “Sherry Darling”**

“Can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) Max!...(music starts)…can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Spirit in the Night”**

“Good evening, Hartford! (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be here in your beautiful city tonight (crowd cheers) that’s right, that’s right… that’s right…and tonight we’re gonna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise (crowd cheers) now the mighty E Street Band is here in your town tonight (crowd cheers) and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you but Hartford, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) now sing it like you mean it…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“Oh yeah, alright…we ain’t played this one in a little while – what key?...Standing…the key of G we did it in last time?... Oooh!... what’s the bridge?...(piano playing and Bruce trying out the key)… it’s very hard to decide from all these signs…some, as you can see…some have more work put into them than others, you see (laughs from the crowd) I don’t let that influence my decision – except a little bit…we’re gonna do ‘em both, Steve says…this one I don’t know if we ever played, I know we played, we played this one quite a few times…let me put this lovely sign up – who made this lovely thing?...that’s very nicely done…alright…band comes in second verse…(tries out the key)…(?)…let’s try it, if not, I’ll go “G” (chuckles) we’ll go down…(?)…Standing on the mountain – no, that’s too high, a “G” (chuckles)…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Mountain of Love”**

“Yeah!...we got it! (crowd cheers)…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, end of “Mountain of Love”**

“This is one…(tries out keys to sing in) what key?...(sings to himself) that was a good one…what’s the bridge? (sings to himself) …that’s a good one…(sings to himself) we played this a long time ago, once or twice (?) you guys got, got the words?...alright, let’s try this one instead…no? be brave (some cheers) be very brave? (some cheers) okay…(sings to himself)…that’s it, that’s it, alright, ready? it’s gonna be, it’s gonna be one, kind of go one, two, three (sings the riff to the band) got that? alright…that’s it, that’s it, here we go…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Sha La La”**

“Alright, get a light on that one…oh yeah…when we cut the River-album, we cut this for the River-album and for the River-album we cut so many songs…I look back and…you don’t, you don’t understand some of the choices we made…oh, this one should have got on…but it was this or “Crush on You,” that was it – this or “Crush on You” and…I always make that joke, we…and…and it was this but we would have had to take off “Crush on You” though and I couldn’t do that…often requested (chuckles) Steve says “Whaddya mean “we”?” (laughs from the crowd) ready? key of “A”…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Be True”**

“(A man in the crowd sings the chorus)…let’s give the kids a chance (a kid sing the chorus) once more, just a little bit louder (the kid keeps singing) you sound good…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, middle of “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”**

“This is for Jessie!...”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “The Rising”**

“Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Stevie!...”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Rosalita”**

“A Stevie-request…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Thunder Road”**

“Thank you, Hartford, thank you so much (crowd cheers) woah…we got some friends in the house tonight from the Foodshare organization…Foodshare finds food that otherwise would be wasted, they distribute it to pantries, shelters and community kitchens here in greater Hartford…this year there’s 31 percent more people in need of food, with all the tough times out there there’s a lot of folks …just slipping through the net, food pantries like the Hartford Foodshare are more important now than ever unfortunately, every 30 bucks you donate feeds a hungry person for a whole month, Foodshare helping the struggling citizens here in greater Hartford, if you see them on your way out, please give them a hand (crowd cheers) here’s a song written in 1855, it’s called “Hard times come again no more”…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “Hard Times”**

“This is for Miss Patti!... (…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) Hartford! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers) that’s right!...”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, intro to “American Land”**

“Thank you, Hartford, for coming out tonight…have a great rest of the summer…”
 * 19.08.09 Hartford, CT, middle of “Twist and Shout”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//